Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year 4, NL)
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Deliverance for oppressed and oppressor
The early Black church understood that the church is not just a place for worship—it is a launching pad for liberation.
November 1, All Saints (Luke 6:20-31)
My friend Mollie didn’t need to be a minister. She was already a fisher of people.
Notes on (Christian) camp
Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.
Liberated and vulnerable (Acts 16:16-34)
Like the characters in Acts 16, we are imprisoned to power structures.
by Liz Goodman
February 16, Epiphany 6C (Luke 6:17–26)
I want to be surprised by God, even if that surprise might scare the bejesus out of me.
May 29, Easter 7C (Acts 16:16-34; John 17:20-26)
I want to know why grace was extended to the Philippian jailer but not the slave.
by Greg Carey
February 13, Epiphany 6C (Luke 6:17–26)
Luke’s Beatitudes call us to live in the tension of a cross-shaped life.
by Amy Ziettlow
From Dante to Tina Fey, a romp through history with Jesus’ Beatitudes
Blessed are those who read this wise and lovely book.
Loving your political enemy at the National Prayer Breakfast
Arthur Brooks gave the room an important assignment. President Trump turned it down.
The crowd on the plain (Luke 6:20–31)
Jesus' sermon in Luke 6 is first and foremost about the people gathered.
November 1, All Saints Day (Luke 6:20–31)
Jesus mourns a human existence unconcerned with the needs of the whole.
Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.
by Myles Werntz
Consequences of a prank
When the vandals took Art’s gnome, they took his joy.

